Seminars

Dynamic Behavior of Tau on the Microtubule Surface. Christopher L. Berger, Ph.D. – Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont

“Microenvironment stiffness and intracellular force in cell cycling and cardiovascular disease” Richard Assoian, MD, PhD – Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania

“Mechanotransduction in 3D microtissues- Modeling the role of geometry and stiffness” Vivek Shenoy, Ph.D. – Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, CRB Austrian Auditorium.

“New strategies for uncovering how chromosomes are segregated during mitosisA” Charles Asbury, PhD – Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, CRB, Austrian Auditorium

“Deciphering microtubule-based positioning strategies in vitro” Marileen Dogterom, Ph.D. Marileen Dogterom, PhD – Department of Physics of Biomolecular Systems, The Netherlands FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), CRB, Austrian Auditorium

John Crocker, Ph.D. – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, CRB, Austrian Auditorium

“Tropomyosin directed regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in time and space: Toward a physiology of the actin cytoskeleton and development of anti-cytoskeleton chemotherapeutics” Peter Gunning, Ph.D. – Oncology Research Un it, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales

“A curious role for the microtubule cytoskeleton in control of cell proliferation…..it’s not just about mitosis” Lynne Cassimeris, Ph.D. – Dept of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University

Dianqing Wu, Ph.D. – Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, “New Insights into Cell Migration Regulation” CRB, Austrian Auditorium.

Jim Holaska, PhD – Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of Chicago, “Dynamic organization of the nucleus during muscle stem cell differentiation.” CRB, Austrian Auditorium